Quotes About Policy

My employees, there's no deductible in your health care. No deductible, absolutely not. You get paid sick days, as many as you need, personal days.

People won't buy insurance until they're sick. If you can call on your way to the hospital and get coverage, it's not really insurance at that point.

We the people are sick and tired of the criminalization of immigrants, sick to our hearts to see Trump's family separation policies rip families apart across our country.

Communities and workers should be partners at the table, not waiting on the sidelines while government and the fossil fuel industry dictate climate policy.

I'm a firm believer that if you put together a good product that is just good policy, that is embraced by both sides so that it is seen as politically advantageous to the Republicans or Democrats, that even in this very polarized partisan world that you can advance legislation. I have to believe that, or I wouldn't want to get up every morning.

What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two sides do not divide along conventional liberal/ conservative lines.

This marketplace where people can buy insurance who don't have it today - a competitive marketplace: That's an idea that both sides embrace.

Fixing health care and fixing the economy are two sides of the same coin.

The issue of immigration is one of the most complex and politically difficult issues because there is so much passion on all sides.

With health care, somebody at some point decided that there was a bright line and that you had to pick sides. Well, I reject that view.

Throughout my time in Congress, I've made it my priority to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, to look past partisanship and to help pass commonsense legislation so we can help working families in Nevada and across our country.

You have to let folks know that it's not OK... to live on a sidewalk in front of somebody's house or in front of somebody's business if we have provided a safe, clean, sanitary place for you to go.

The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control and reduction.

There are major groups, including the Sierra Club, that support efforts to deprive poor countries of energy.

Growth is always there in the MPC's scheme of things; we don't lose sight of that, but not at the cost of inflation.

My fear is that we are losing sight of how much we depend on the EPA to protect not just our environment but the people who live in it.

It is not in our interest to sign economic policy agreements with the IMF, as that unnecessarily limits the room to manoeuvre of... the Hungarian government, Hungarian parliament and lawmakers.

I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade.

I'll sign anything except bad legislation.

One of the things that's difficult for people to understand is when you join the military, you don't sign up as an endorsement of any particular policy of the moment.

Numeracy isn't a sign of geekiness, but a basic requirement for intelligent discussions of public policy.

If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.

People have to know that when you sign a deal with Canada, a change in governments won't immediately scrap the jobs and benefits coming from it.

If there ever is government-run health care, the first ones to sign up should be the president and every member of Congress, including myself. You should be able to keep the insurance you've got today, if you like it, and always choose your own doctor.